29.6% ▲ +78.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Garibaldi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Garibaldi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Garibaldi volunteer, reflecting a community where locals put a huge amount of effort into helping others. This spirit of giving extends into the home, where unpaid care and housework are far more common than in the rest of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.6% of residents giving their time. This is far above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a big part of daily life, with 33.7% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the 20.1% seen across Victoria. This matches a high rate of childcare, as 34.7% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is well above the national figure of 26.3%.
14.3% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.7% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 34.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.7% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.5%
- 2016: 35.9%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, which is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Garibaldi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20968/garibaldi/topic/community